Nunavut Declares Suicide to Be a Crisis

Health minister affirms ‘suicide crisis,’ but GN won’t declare public health emergency - The Turtle Island News

By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News The Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. agree the territory is in a “suicide crisis,” but Health Minister John Main says there is no plan to declare suicide a public health emergency. Main and NTI vice-president Paul Irngaut said Wednesday they are “reaffirming” a crisis declaration that was made by then-premier Peter Taptuna in 2015. “This declaration is coming…

Nunavut - Department of Health and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Declare Suicide as a Continuing Crisis in Nunavut

On June 25, the Government of Nunavut (GN) and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) declared that suicide remains a crisis in Nunavut, marking 10 years since the initial declaration made in 2015. This renewed. . .